to preserve inuvialuit cultural identity and values within a changing northern society to enable...
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Principles of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA)
To preserve Inuvialuit cultural identity and values within a changing northern society
To enable Inuvialuit to be equal and meaningful participants in the northern and national economies and society
To protect and preserve the arctic wildlife, environment, and biological productivity
Beaufort Sea Strategic Regional Plan of Action (BSStRPA)
June 2004 IGC concerns regarding the next wave
of oil and gas development2005
Gov’t of Canada provided funds to develop a Strategic Regional Plan of Action for Beaufort
April 2008 The Beaufort Sea Strategic Regional
Plan of Action (BSStRPA) was fi nalized Regional Environmental Assessment
(REA) for the Beaufort Basin logical next step
Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment
(BREA)BREA – delivery mechanism to implement
BSStRPA
April 2009 – IGC endorsed BREA by resolution
Gov’t of Canada did not support
April 2010 – Macondo blowout
August 2010 – Gov’t Canada announces BREA program (2011-2015)
BREA Purpose & Goals
What is BREA?
Ecosystem based
Regionally focused assessment
Key environmental, socio-economic & cultural issues
Goals
Fill info & data gaps
Support effective & efficient regulatory decision-making
BREA Governance Structure
Inuvialuit involvement in BREA
Working Groups
Community Tours
Workshop
Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA)
BREA and the future
Need for all stakeholders to be more prepared
Continued support for BREA
Need for long-term research, monitoring
Ongoing need for capacity building and equipment